When a new technology is introduced into the field of representation, it not only changes the possibilities of how things are rendered, but also the possibilities of what forms actual objects in the world may take. In recent years, artists like... [more]
When a new technology is introduced into the field of representation, it not only changes the possibilities of how things are rendered, but also the possibilities of what forms actual objects in the world may take. In recent years, artists like Inez van Lamsweerde, Mathew Barney, and Nancy Burson have used computer technologies to manipulate photographs of the body, calling into question the coherence of the body at the end of the twentieth century. The uncanny bodies these artists manipulate through digitization are often of indeterminate gender, age, or even race, playing with the clues that we normally rely on to identify the people around us. Some of these works even take on the glamourous look of fashion photography, suggesting that these are not real bodies, but more strikingly, ideal bodies, the media representations that we turn to in order to come to know ourselves. [show less]
Activity in Computer Manipulated Photo-based Images
david lachapelle has evolved his photography into an idiosyncratic and highly personal
combination of reportage and surrealism.
I love his work and here is a good interview with him. (ml)